MAUI, HAWAII -- Charlie Barnhart & Associates reviews labor rates in electronics manufacturing and how they are affecting macro production strategies in its latest Outsourcing Navigator Council report, to be released Jan. 20. 

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND -- The annual National Electronics Week trade show will feature a larger exhibition when it opens here April 21-22.

NASHUA, NH – Monzite has launched as a contract manufacturer of microelectronic subcomponents and assemblies for aerospace, defense, scientific and other markets.

TAIPEI -- Advanced Semiconductor Engineering's board of directors has passed resolutions to spin off of its subsidiary Universal Scientific Industrial.

TAIPEI -- Advanced Semiconductor Engineering's board of directors has passed resolutions to spin off of its subsidiary Universal Scientific Industrial.

LIVINGSTON, WEST LOTHIAN, UK -- Contract assembler CB Technology has become the latest firm to be acquired by a private equity firm.

DETROIT – Flextronics  has opened a facility here to provide electronics design and related services to the automotive industry.

STAMFORD, CT -- Worldwide semiconductor revenue will grow 5.4% to $358 billion in 2015, a top research firm predicted today.

WILSONVILLE, OR – Mentor Graphics has acquired Flexras Technologies for an undisclosed sum.

OXFORD, CT –  MIRTEC reported 2014 revenue up 16% year-over-year for its North American Sales and Service Division.

THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN – Digi-Key reported 2014 revenue of $1.76 billion on strong sales from North America.

DALLAS -- EMS firm Circuitronics has changed hands among investment firms in a deal closed in December but announced today.